Veteran sports writer Jim Utter covers NASCAR for The Charlotte Observer and its racing site, ThatsRacin.com. In this space, Jim writes about all things NASCAR and other forms of racing which may also be relevant ... or not.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

A sneak peek at the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule

NASCAR hasn't released any of its "official" 2013 schedules yet, but The Charlotte Observer and ThatsRacin.com have obtained a copy of the Sprint Cup Series schedule, which is expected to be released to the public this week. There are no major surprises in the schedule. It remains 36 points-paying races, beginning Feb. 24, 2013 at Daytona and concluding Nov. 17 at Homestead, Fla. The only notable change is a swap of the fall Kansas and Talladega races. The fall Kansas race is now Oct. 6, 2013 and the fall Talladega race is Oct. 20, 2013. There are no additional night races added to the schedule. The spring Kansas race - on April 21, 2013 - was rumored to change to a night race, but remains on Sunday afternoon. In addition, there are expected to be 33 Nationwide Series races in 2013 with no new venues added to the schedule. The 2013 Sprint Cup Series schedule Feb 24 Daytona March 3 Phoenix March 10 Las VegasMarch 17 Bristol March 24 California March 31 OFF/Easter April 7 Martinsville, VA April 13 Texas April 21 Kansas April 27 Richmond May 5 Talladega May 11 Darlington May 18 All-Star race May 26 Charlotte June 2 Dover June 9 Pocono June 16 Michigan June 23 Sonoma June 29 Kentucky July 6 Daytona July 14 New Hampshire July 21 OFF July 28 Indianapolis Aug. 4 Pocono Aug. 11 Watkins Glen Aug. 18 Michigan Aug. 24 Bristol Sept. 1 Atlanta Sept. 7 Richmond Sept. 15 Chicagoland Sept. 22 New Hampshire Sept. 29 Dover Oct. 6 Kansas Oct. 12 Charlotte Oct. 20 Talladega Oct. 27 Martinsville, VA Nov. 3 Texas Nov. 10 Phoenix Nov. 17 Homestead

3 comments:

If NASCAR really wanted to improve itself, it would make some changes. They need to stop acting like it's 1999 and everyone is swimming in money.

The schedule should be 1 race at each track, then for the Chase, those 10 races are second dates at the 10 best tracks. They need to go back to 36 cars per race to get all the start-and-park fake teams out of the picture. And they need to award no points for any position lower than 25th, so we won't have a host of wrecked cars barely making minimum speed out there getting in everyone's way.

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